Sunday, March 23, 2008

One Single Impression: Spring

Sweet delicate sap
Waiting under clouds of ice
Sugar on snow nears


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Sugar on snow is an old New England tradition during sugaring season.

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35 comments:

oldmanlincoln said...

Interesting and a very nice photograph with your post today. It looks so cold.

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Steve Buser said...

Interesting. I had never heard of sugar on snow.

Small City Scenes said...

Sugar on snow---mmmmmm----sounds crunchy.
May I use you church photo for my Holy Houses blog?
MB

MyBellavia said...

I'm thinking pure maple surup from Vermont! I have friends who tap every year. A wonderful sweet taste of spring.

SandyCarlson said...

I can taste this one, Andree! Marvelous, as ever. You convey a sense of place beautifully.
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Raven said...

clouds of ice... very nice. Lovely photo too. Interestingly, even though I hadn't heard of sugar on snow, I got a sense of the anticipation.

Always nice to learn something new.

quintarantino said...

A most interesting photo. Loved it.

Sian said...

Oh my gosh, that sounds delicious! Almost as delicious as clouds of ice :)Thankyou.

ANNA-LYS said...

Lovely, as well as informative! Thanks for sharing!

Anna-Lys
Sweden

Lisa at Greenbow said...

This sounds yummy.

MarianneNielsen said...

Such a nice word picture for the upcoming maple season.

gautami tripathy said...

Great imagery. Marvellous haiga!

reverently renewed

spacedlaw said...

Sugar on snow speaks to me of maple bursting in the spring.
Lovely.

Geraldine said...

I loved your choice of photos and your beautiful words too. Wonderful!

Leatherdykeuk said...

How lovely!
It looks like a fairy door!

Lovely words, too.

WillThink4Wine said...

A lovely secret world, slumbering under clouds of ice.

Kerri said...

Beautiful!

the teach said...

Beautiful sentiment, Andree! Sugar on snow great phrase for a wonderful and sweet tradition.

lissa said...

sugar on snow nears - great signs of spring, lovely put

Daniel J Santos said...

beautiful...

In Portugal we still waiting for the Spring...

Excellent.

Teri C said...

The sap is like the spring waiting to burst forth.

imac said...

Great post and words.

Pam said...

I can really hear the crisp crunch of the sugared snow. Nice use of different senses.

Nancy Bea Miller said...

Wow this is great! Your visual presentation is stunning! is that really marker on film or some Photoshop magic?

UL said...

the picture is icing, really beautiful...thank you.

byrningbunny said...

I've always wanted to see the drawing of the sap from the sugar maples--beautifully expressed.

I love how you wrote in the snow. That's is a very cool effect, as if you actually drew it with your finger.

paisley said...

i swear to god i see a little boy fast asleep under a blanket of snow in this picture... what a trip... thank you for posting this.. it was so special in so many ways!!!

storyteller said...

foreign images
shared of Spring … delightfully
stretch experience

Being a native Southern California ‘beach’ dweller … such images of Spring amaze me for they are in stark contrast to my own.

Thanks for visiting each of my OSI posts this week. I was late with last week’s prompt Circles but you might enjoy it if time permits. I’m grateful that you and Sandy have introduced me to these wonderful ‘blogging’ poets!
Hugs and blessings,

Lyn said...

in vermont they put maple syrup on snow. nice photo!

Quiet Paths said...

Imagine maple syrup! Wow.

reprehriestless warillever said...

I'm glad to see that someone else wrote about northern winter.

Beautiful!

Dick said...

Interesting, I don't understand excactly how it works (is it coming from the tree) but I think I like it. Nice picture.

Greyscale Territory said...

Your pic is just incredible. And your words seem to drift and melt as part of the whole landscape experience!

Just gorgeous!

Gmma

---Michael--- said...

Sometimes it is quite difficult to express with very few words what you wish to convey, and likewise some of the simplest-looking pictures require tremendous sacrifice to obtain them... congratulations, my love, on your success...

qualcosa di bello said...

sugar on snow sounds yummy! your words & photo are a perfect pair